Living an Embodied Life Presents:
Returning to our Patterns of Total Body Organization
Illuminating 2 Day Intensive for
Curious & Serious Movers
Want to playfully explore one of the most profound systems
for movers and movement and body educators?
You are invited to come and experience these enlightening 2 days.
We will experience fully and deeply each of the 6 Developmental Movement Patterns.
The patterns are also called the Patterns of Total Body Organization, highlighting that coordination of the body as a whole is the goal.
You will come to understand the profound effect of exploring how we were initially wired for movement and the inner pathways of connection that support our daily movement.
Benefits of Returning to the
Developmental Movement Patterns
Nourish & Nurture
These movements bring us back to ourselves in a very holistic way, that feel intuitively really good and nourishing to our very cells.
Establish & Deepen
Deepening the wiring will return the body to a place of inner pathways of connection, and we can relax and trust our inner support.
Fill in Gaps
If any patterns were not initially fully experienced we can do so at any time and at any age, thereby releasing compensations and tension habits.
Become your Full Self
Without the brain wiring that emerges due to the movement patterns, we cannot become who we were meant to be, both physically and emotionally.
Personal Development
Self discovery is guaranteed with this work, as you uncover and dislodge any blockages to connectivity that you may have and how it has played out in your life.
Use with Clients
This material is amazing for helping clients to finally rid themselves of movement patterns which cause inefficient patterns that ultimately cause dysfunction and pain.
Patterns of Total Body Organization
aka: Developmental Movement Patterns
A body which is fully grounded in the 6 patterns, moves with ease, fluidity and coordination.
A body that that did not fully explore and integrate the patterns, must continually cope with compensations and work arounds that invite stress, frustration and injury into both the mind and body.
This 2 day intensive, will introduce participants to the 6 Patterns of Total Body Connectivity:
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Breath
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Core-Distal
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Head-Tail
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Upper-Lower
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Body-Half
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Cross-Lateral
Your Instructor: Mariah-Jane Thies
Mariah-Jane Thies, is a dance and movement educator with over 37 years teaching experience working with many ages and dance genres. Her studies of the Laban and Bartenieff systems has been for the last 25 years and included intensive studies and certification with Bill Evans in his Laban/Bartenieff based Modern Dance Pedagogy. She has had the distinct pleasure of working with Peggy Hackney, the creator of developmental movement patterns, and with Anne Green Gilbert, the creator of the BrainDance utilizing these patterns along with tactile and vestibular development. Mariah-Jane has also worked with creator of Mind-Body Centering, Bonnie Bainbridge-Cohen and Brain Gym faculty, Carol Ann Erikson, on Movement Explorations.
The complementary studies and certifications in both Brain Gym and reflex integration (Blomberg Rhythmic Movement Training) inform Mariah-Jane’s approach to how students learn, the blocks that can be present and strategies for allowing for the ideal learning state.
Mariah-Jane is warm and welcoming making the learning space fun and exciting. Encourages you to be playful and explore the developmental movements that are so important to understanding our nervous system. If you’re curious about this area you’re in the right hands.
- Larry
13 & 14 April, 2024
North Melbourne Studio
Exact Location TBA
